Seizium: Rad Soldiers Appears On Chrome Store

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Splash Damage might be busy with Extraction and Batman, but before either of those were a twinkle they were doing something else that wasn’t Brink: Rad Soldiers. Actually, strictly speaking, this wasn’t Splash Damage, it was Warchest, their spin off. But much the same talent pool… Anyway, it’s on the Chrome store now, which means you can play it on your home computing device of choice. I’m doing it right now! I can report it’s moderately entertaining cartoon turn-based combat, with jokey happenings.

[quote]Sadly, I am as unlikely to reinstall google chrome on my system as I am to buy an iProduct ,so I guess I will have to wait hopefully for an unfettered download, or at least a steam release.[/quote]

The saner concern is “expose all their data to mining, collection, and turning over to third parties by Google” than “support Google”. This isn’t paranoia, it’s reality. Not everyone thinks its a big deal, but it’s reasonable to think that it is.

Remember you’re not really a customer for Google, you’re just the product.

For me, it’s a case of wanting to use google as a tool, not allow it to absorb me and my web browsing habits into it’s invasive and slightly sinister databases. This can’t be done with chrome as there’s just no way to opt out of what it’s gathering. I mostly use firefox + duckduckgo + occasional encrypted google searches. I don’t pretend it’s flawless, but I do see a lot less targeted ads and spam now. .

Plus, I really hate chrome – It’s a nice enough browser on it’s own merits, but the excessive processes that clog up my memory, the silent updaters that install like viruses without your permission, and their habit of bundling it (and shit like google drive) in with freeware, then self-installing even if you opt out* mean I won’t have it or any other google product on my PC.

*It’s happened to me & several of my colleagues and friends repeatedly, so I’d be obliged if nobody gave me that ‘oh, you missed a check box or didn’t read the phrasing properly’ nonsense.